In my
family, there is always a battle over the newspaper in the morning. I actually
love reading the news, as weird as that might sound, even when they are
depressing and demoralizing (which they, let's face it, often are). Recently, I
have also come to love satirical news, mostly in the form of satirical news
shows. I love satirical news shows for their ability to deconstruct real events
and show people a different side to a story or an interview that
"normal" news shows have displayed as one-dimensional. My favorite
fake news show is The Daily Show, followed by This Hour Has 22
Minutes and The Colbert Report (check them out if you haven't done
it already). For those of you who are looking for a satirical newspaper to
read, I have found you a list of good newspapers here. My personal favorite happens to be the one on top of
the list, The Onion. The Onion has more resources than the other
satirical newspapers featured on the list, which clearly rubs off on the
quality of its "news" coverage.
What I am
essentially trying to say with this is that if you don't read the news because you
think they are "too depressing" or for some other similar reason,
there is no longer any real excuse for being ignorant.
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